Wow, how things change in just a week! This past week has been full of many changes in our house. Nicolas has mastered the art of waving hi and bye-bye and is so pleased with himself. He waves to people on the street and in the store. He has been saying da-da this and da-da that for quite some time but a few days ago I was so pleased to hear him say Mmmama. Dad is not to happy with this development, I think he never thought the kid was going to say mama! He liked having the joy of telling people all he would say is dada. On top of his growing vocabulary he has learned some other new tricks, clapping his hands when mommy claps hers and my favorite is when he takes the puppy his toy and tries to give it to him as if to say, 'come on, lets play'! I love it, he actually understands these things now.
Last night while I was trying to wrangle him in to put on his jammies, and he knows that this means bedtime so he tries to escape, he took his first steps! Now he has taken one here and one there before but this time was different. He stood up and looked at me and looked at his little red chair and took 1, 2, 3 and 4 steps fell over on his chair and squealed in delight! Of course I was equally excited clapping my hands and praising him as one tear rolled down my cheek. I can't believe that my little boy who it seems like I just brought home from the hospital yesterday is learning to walk and learning to talk.
I wish I could keep him at this age forever but I can't wait to see what the next year brings.
Nicolas thinks he's the puppy
I don't know why I thought it was a good idea to let him feed himself!
